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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

30 meals- recipes for nannygoat

I'm all about streamlining and simplifying things. Here's an idea from nannygoat. They are putting together a list of 30 meals that their families love and then streamlining their grocery shopping and recipe organization. I like the idea, but I love way more than 30 meals!

I recently 'streamlined' our meals, by typing them out onto 'cheat sheet' if you will. I saw somewhere on line where someone else did it with their baking recipes. It is in a word doc and simply has the name of the item, list of ingredients and cooking times and temps. It's just the recipes I make a lot and know how and what to do, just need a little help with ingredients or cooking information. I was constantly having to search through books for specific recipes just to check a detail or two, like "Do my stuffed green peppers have canned tomatoes and fresh tomatoes?" or "Do little cheddars have 1/2 cup or 1 cup milk?" Now, I just have to glance at a cheat sheet on the fridge. For things I don't make as often, I still have to dig out the recipe, but I have organized them in small photo albums. The cheat sheet has also has saved time when making my grocery list since I don't have to dig all my recipes out to check ingredients. Hubby has said he can help he make my cheat sheet into a sharable file this evening, I'll post it another day.

Anyway, the gals over at nannygoat are asking friends to share a few favorite family recipes so they can build up their family's 30 favorite. Here are a few of our favorites (that I already had typed up- cause I'm lazy like that):

-mix ketchup, sugar, and soy sauce together. Marinate all ingredients (except tomatoes) for a few hours plus. Thread onto skewers and grill, broil or bake, or just put everything in a glass dish and bake until the meat is done (about 20 min).

Ramen noodle casserole¾ lb ground beef (cooked)2 pkg ramen noodles- beef flavoredWater from one pkg of noodles1 can cream mush soup1 can water chestnuts- choppedCook both packages of ramen noodles in the water for 1 package. Add both seasoning packets. Cook per directions. then combine all ingredients in a casserole dish and bake at 350° for 30 min